My first game jam

So, I recently entered my first game jam and got second place. A couple of weeks ago molegato announced on Bluesky he’d be hosting a game jam for Halloween. I’ve always been reluctant to enter game jams; I’d say to myself I didn’t have the time or that I already had enough deadlines as-is, but the timing on this one was unusually good so I decided I’d make something simple for the fun of it. My entry was called “Theodore’s Great Hunt”. If you want to play it, please let me know what you think of it! Otherwise, I’ll talk about my process for a little bit. The idea was to parody “Duck Hunt” for the NES, and the art-style was inspired by Game Boy-era graphics and sounds. The end result is a very short game, with only three levels and around 10 minutes of game time. Even though I have more experience coding, I wanted to spend most of my time on art and music so I could gain more experience in those areas. This was my first time composing a game soundtrack by myself, so I spent a lot of…